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Kathmandu: The government has made public the National Water Resources Policy-2020 for the first time. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun unveiled the policy at a program organized at the ministry on Thursday. Although there were separate policies for drinking water, irrigation, electricity and water source disaster management related to the use… Continue reading Govt issues first-ever water resources policy of country

Kathmandu: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has made public the program of the movement demanding the restoration of Hindu state and constitutional monarchy. A meeting of the party’s central secretariat working committee held on Wednesday has decided a program of mass demonstration and struggle demanding corruption, conversion, control of Corona epidemic, solution of unemployment problem,… Continue reading RPP to hold street demonstration demanding Hindu state and monarchy

Kathmandu: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress has demanded for immidiate parliament meeting. After the government brought the ordinance on the Constitutional Council, the Congress had called a meeting of office bearers on Wednesday. The meeting termed the ordinance brought by the government as contrary to the essence of the constitution and said that the… Continue reading Congress demands immediate convening of Parliament

Kathmandu: Schools within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, which have been closed for a long time due to Covid-19, will not be reopened immediately. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Education Department has reached such a conclusion after discussions with the officials, experts and district security chiefs of the district disaster management center on Wednesday. The KMC has… Continue reading Kathmandu Metropolitan City not allowing schools to resume classes

(AFP): A record number of journalists were behind bars this year, a US-based watchdog said Tuesday, accusing governments worldwide of suppressing the media and fueling misinformation amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists found that 274 journalists were imprisoned in 2020 — the highest number since the non-profit organisation… Continue reading Record number of journalists jailed in 2020, says watchdog

(BBC): Moderna’s vaccine is safe and 94 percent effective, regulators say, clearing the way for US emergency authorisation. The analysis by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) means it could become the second coronavirus vaccine to be allowed in the US. It comes one day after Americans across the country began receiving jabs of the… Continue reading Moderna vaccine safe and effective, say US experts

Kathmandu: The number of people infected with corona virus in Nepal has exceeded 250,000. In the last 24 hours, an additional 136 people have been confirmed infected and the total number of infected has reached 250,180, according to the Ministry of Health and Population. Similarly, in the last 24 hours, 1,966 people have returned home… Continue reading Number of covid-19 cases in Nepal has exceeded 250,000

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is going to give a grant to the Tribhuvan Universtiy Teaching Hospital for the purchase of CT scan machine. An agreement was reached on Tuesday to provide financial assistance for the purchase of a state-of-the-art CT scan machine at the hospital. The agreement was signed between Mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya… Continue reading 75 million assistance from Kathmandu Metropolitan City to Teaching Hospital

Kathmandu: The government has issued the ordinance so that the Constitutional Council can hold in the presence of three people including the Prime Minister. A meeting of the council has been held on Tuesday evening along with the ordinance. The Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties, Rights and Procedures) Act, 2066 BS provided that the chairperson and… Continue reading Govt issue new ordinance

(AP): The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll neared 300,000. “I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” said critical case… Continue reading ‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine